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Washout weather for most of Ireland as Met Éireann issues warnings for nine counties

The worst of the weather is set to hit the south and south east, with a Status Orange alert in place for Cork, Waterford, Carlow, Kilkenny and Wexf...

Tributes paid as victims of fatal Mayo crash named

Tributes have been paid to been to two teenagers who died in a road traffic crash in Mayo on Friday night. James Daniels (13) and Harry Fagan (19) ...

Tensions mount in Government as budget talks come down to the wire

All bands of inheritance tax threshold to be widenedClampdown on vulture funds buying up propertiesCarers to be eligible for fuel allowance A new t...

Internet companies could face huge fines over content glorifying terrorism

Internet companies will face massive fines for hosting content that glorifies terrorism, under new powers for the media regulator. Coimisiun na Mea...

Almost half of young people with a mental ill-health diagnosis are smokers, study reveals

Despite Ireland being hailed for enacting the world’s first indoor smoking ban, 20 years on, young adults have a far higher smoking rate than any o...

‘Sinn Fein are election ready’ – insists leader Mary Lou McDonald

Ms McDonald said there is a 'real sense of positivity and optimism' among the party membership as selection conventions continue in the Republic.Sp...

What will the budget mean for students?

As Budget 2025 approaches, those in third-level education have made clear what they want to come from it. The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) ha...

‘A terrible tragedy’ – Two teenagers die, a third in hospital following crash between tractor and car in Co Mayo

Latest | Stock photoTwo male teenagers have died following a collision between a tractor and a car in Co Mayo on Friday night.Two occupants of the ...

Sinn Féin is ‘election ready’, McDonald insists

Sinn Féin is “election ready”, Mary Lou McDonald has insisted as she said the party will run more candidates “than ever before”. Ms McDonald said t...

Lebanon’s Hezbollah confirms leader Hassan Nasrallah killed in Israeli air strike

Latest | Hassan Nasrallah (Hassan Ammar/AP)Hezbollah has confirmed that its leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli air strike in Beirut.A...

Two teenagers killed after collision between car and tractor in Co Mayo

Two teenagers have died following a collision between a car and a tractor in Co Mayo. The incident happened on Friday night on the N83 at Levallyro...

Two teenagers die, a third in serious condition following crash between tractor and car in Co Mayo

Breaking | Irish Independent Breaking News (Stock Image)Two male teens have died following a collision between a tractor and a car in Co Mayo on Fr...

Government warned FAI any funding they received would be on conditional basis

The Government warned the Football Association of Ireland at the beginning of this year that any future funding they would receive would be conditi...

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah killed in air strike, Israel says

Breaking | Hassan Nasrallah (Hassan Ammar/AP)The Israeli military has said they killed Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of the Hezbollah militant polit...

Jury out on whether UK government will honour Good Friday Agreement – O’Neill

The “jury is out” on whether the new UK government will live up to the commitments of the Good Friday Agreement, Michelle O’Neill has said. Sinn Fé...